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Originally Posted by GGG
I don't think changing our electoral system would improve turn out. People who know enough to understand the difference between a transferable vote and first past the post are people who vote.
There are very few people who stay home from voting because they don't like the system. Rather than a reward i would perfer mandatory voting with a $50 fine for not voting.
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No, they stay home because they know their vote doesn't matter, which is a result of the system.
I don't like mandatory voting because if someone who wouldn't make the effort to vote isn't likely to inform themself. I'd rather not encourage random voting.